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00:00Brand new season, brand new dawn for Formula 1, it's the Bahrain Grand Prix
00:06and it's lights out and away we go!
00:09Brilliant start then for Charles Leclerc
00:11and Lewis Hamilton already trying to get past Carlos Sainz
00:14but it's Leclerc on the inside ahead of Verstappen
00:17Carlos Sainz stays in third, Perez on the inside now with Lewis Hamilton
00:21there's a little bit of a kerfuffle going on through Turn 2
00:23but Leclerc makes it into the lead
00:25and Hamilton has got half a car length, now a whole car length
00:28ahead of Sergio Perez and now he's been challenged as Perez by Kevin Magnussen
00:33Leclerc into Turn 4 from Verstappen Sainz
00:35Hamilton on the inside now of Kevin Magnussen
00:38and then comes Perez and Russell
00:40Yes, Perez got out of shape coming out of Turn 2
00:43had to get out of the throttle, that cost him two places in the end
00:47as he tried to get back up alongside Lewis Hamilton
00:52Meanwhile the FIA stewards have decided Esteban Ocon
00:56should be given a five second penalty for causing a collision
00:59that I think goes along with what the FIA were saying from those guidelines
01:05Sergio Perez is trying to get a bit closer to Kevin Magnussen himself
01:08and we'll see with these new regulations whether it is much easier to follow
01:12as a lock up there from Kevin Magnussen going into Turn 1
01:15gives half a sniff to Sergio Perez to try and get past
01:19he couldn't do it out of Turn 3 but he might
01:21on the run now down to Turn 4
01:23Magnussen moves to the inside to try and cut him off
01:25Perez is going to have to go the long way round
01:27Magnussen's got that one covered
01:29unless Perez can get him on the exit of Turn 4
01:31and Perez the wily old campaigner
01:33might be a front tyre ahead going down the hill
01:36he's now a whole car ahead going down the hill
01:38Magnussen gave him the chance, Perez said thank you very much
01:42as Sergio Perez there getting
01:46That's Hamilton and Perez, look Hamilton's got DRS here
01:48he's going to have a go into Turn 4
01:50that is an awful lot easier than it might have been this time last year
01:54a Red Bull and a Mercedes going wheel to wheel into Turn 4
01:57Perez stays within the white lines
01:59Max Verstappen couldn't manage it twelve months ago
02:01Perez up to fourth place
02:03Lap 17 and the fastest lap of this race goes to Max Verstappen
02:09who's going now for the lead of the race
02:11and in a shower of sparks makes his way into Turn 1 ahead of Charles Leclerc
02:16tried to get past Leclerc as he came out of the pits
02:19had to wait a lap but now can Leclerc with DRS get back at Verstappen
02:24we're heading towards Turn 4
02:26this has been a bit of a problem for these two in the past
02:29no problem this time for Charles Leclerc
02:31can he stay on track then it's just as he retakes the lead from Max Verstappen
02:36and Leclerc immediately tries to move around to break the slipstream
02:41and you can do that gently once or twice
02:46but you can't do it at the last moment
02:48and has he covered the inside
02:49he's doing it again, he's going for it again Max Verstappen
02:51and he's got a quarter of a car length in front
02:54now they come out of Turn 2
02:56and he's got a couple of car lengths in front Max Verstappen
02:59that was so far back but once again Leclerc's got the DRS
03:03this time he's got the inside line
03:05forces Max a little bit wide
03:07goes into Turn 4
03:08Leclerc for the second lap running
03:10has retaken the lead
03:12and has come out of Turn 4 ahead
03:14this is absolutely epic
03:18Leclerc's using his battery pack in an attack or defensive mode rather
03:22here he goes, here he goes, here he goes, he's doing it
03:25it's miles different
03:26oh that's a big old lockup Max
03:27well this time he locks up and did you hear the cheers of the crowd
03:30who are absolutely loving this under the lights in Bahrain
03:34at this time around Charles Leclerc with the aid of that lockup
03:37has got the advantage going into Turn 4
03:39and he should be far enough ahead to keep that advantage as well
03:42Max, is the wheel heavy in both directions, so both left hand and right hand
03:48everywhere, everywhere, it's not even smooth
03:51well he's going to slow down because we're going to get a safety car here
03:54because Pierre Gasly's Alfa Tauri has overheated and has caught fire
03:59the Marshall straight on there with the extinguisher
04:01but that is a very, very hot Alfa
04:04real disappointment for him and we can see Martin
04:08yeah, it's a complete power failure look from his dashboards gone completely
04:12so it's not an engine blow
04:15and this is Max's favourite trick isn't it?
04:17yeah
04:18trying to hustle the guy who's about it
04:21and he's left himself very tight on that last corner actually has Max
04:25and it's not helped
04:26the Ferrari disappeared
04:27it's not helped and look Sainz is right on the tail
04:30and Max Verstappen as they head down the straight
04:32Leclerc is away and off into the distance
04:34Sainz is alongside Max Verstappen
04:36Leclerc leads, Verstappen on the inside
04:38Sainz on the outside
04:39Verstappen stays ahead
04:41going into turn 1
04:42Sergio Perez
04:43almost collected by Lewis Hamilton
04:45who was arriving at a rate of knots
04:47but now it's Leclerc towards turn 4
04:49from Verstappen
04:50then comes Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez
04:52Hamilton, Russell
04:53and then Kevin Magnussen
04:55what's going on with the battery?
04:58battery fine
04:59no it's not
05:00what the is this?
05:02Carlos Sainz pulls out to the inside
05:05and overtakes Max Verstappen
05:07and it's a Ferrari 1-2 here in Bahrain
05:10as Carlos Sainz moves up into 2nd place
05:1446 races since they last won
05:17Ferrari are 1 and 2 here
05:19we can't see the issue Max, it's not battery related
05:23what do you want me to do?
05:25there's not a lot we can do
05:27and will Verstappen
05:28now be passed by his teammate Sergio Perez
05:30yes he has been
05:31and he's been passed by Hamilton
05:33and he's been passed by Russell
05:34I can try to make it into the pit lane please
05:37Max Verstappen is out of the race
05:42I'm losing power
05:44Hamilton's got DRS once again
05:47and can he get close enough to Sergio Perez
05:49not on this occasion
05:50you can see the bumps and the porpoising there
05:52that is just unsettling the car
05:54into that first braking zone
05:56and Perez has been spun round
05:58Sergio Perez has lost it on turn 2
06:01Hamilton looking for damage limitation
06:04has seen the damage to the Red Bull
06:06and he's going to pick up another podium
06:08this is incredible
06:10and it was just under traction
06:13I love the f***ing engine
06:15Charles Leclerc
06:17who's won twice in Formula 1 before from pole
06:20is going to win from pole again
06:22and start the season off with celebrations for Ferrari
06:26Charles Leclerc wins the Bahrain Grand Prix
06:29and it is a 1-2 finish for the Schuderia
06:33Carlos Sainz comes home in second
06:36Lewis Hamilton adds to his podium tally
06:39he comes home in third
06:41let's go
06:43let's go
06:45come on
06:46that's exactly how we should start a season
06:49come on
06:501-2 maybe
06:511-2
06:52yeah
06:53we'll be in Jetta
06:55in 7 days time
06:56for more racing
06:57Ferrari
06:58Ferrari
07:00yeah
07:04thank you

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